International Human Rights Day: “The Right to Health in National Courts”

By Andrés Constantin | Leave a Comment

On 10 December 2018, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), jointly with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and with the support from the Government of Canada, celebrated the International Human Rights Day. The event focused on several topics concerning the right to health, which included discussions on the enforcement of the […]

Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, WHO ; Tagged: courts, health and human rights, health rights litigation, human rights, judicialization, O'Neill Institute, PAHO, right to health, World Health Organization.

11.16.18

Suicide in Prisons and Jails: A Growing Concern

By Mehgan Gallagher | Leave a Comment

Photo Credit: Urdupoint.com Suicide among inmates in prisons and jails in the United States and abroad is a serious concern. The United States has lower rates of suicide in prison compared to Western European and Nordic countries However, compared to other nations, the United States has the highest prison population in the world and rates […]

Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ; Tagged: access to health care, health, health and human rights, human rights, immigration, jails, prisons, public health, suicide.

10.19.18

The Framework Convention on Global Health: A Vote for Global Solidarity in an Era of Nationalistic Populism

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

A Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) – a global treaty based in, and seeking to more fully give life to, the right to health, enhancing accountability and advancing health equity – is an idea that persists. You may well ask: A global treaty in the current political environment, with many governments and rapidly strengthening […]

Posted in Global Health, Global Health Governance, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, WHO ; Tagged: equality, fcgh, FCGH Alliance, Framework Convention on Global Health, global solidarity, human rights, nationalistic populism, right to health.

09.05.18

Argentina: Alarming regressive measure on the right to health

By Andrés Constantin | Leave a Comment

On September 3, 2018, after acknowledging the ongoing economic and financial crisis, the government of Argentina announced a series of austerity measures aimed at reducing Argentina’s fiscal deficit in 2019. The announcement confirmed the rumors of a substantial restructuring in the cabinet and the elimination of ten Argentine ministries, including the Ministry of Health. Under […]

Posted in Global Health, Health and Human Rights ; Tagged: argentina, georgetown, global health, health and human rights, human rights, latin america, right to health.

07.17.18

Human Rights at Home

By O’Neill Institute | Leave a Comment

This blog was authored by Nicholas Diamond, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center A rich tapestry of shared norms exist regarding human rights, ranging from the right to life to the prohibition on torture. These norms flow from various international agreements and, in some instances, as a matter of custom in international law. […]

Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ; Tagged: health and human rights, human rights.

07.16.18

The incivility of (too-) civil society in the tuberculosis response

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

Anyone who knows the world of the global tuberculosis response knows, too, its refrain: “We must do for TB what we did for HIV!” It is less rallying cry than lament. Those of us who form part of “civil society” at the international level in the TB world attend the big TB conferences, but mostly […]

Posted in Global Health, TB, uncategorized ; Tagged: civil society, End TB, endTB, health and human rights, human rights, public health, TB, tuberculosis.

07.02.18

Schools need to prepare us for the world, not only the workforce

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

Long ago, psychologists recognized that children are not simply mini-adults. Similarly, children are not simply future workers. They are current and future citizens of the world, citizens (or otherwise participants in) of our democracy, members of their individual communities. That – along with giving short thrift to critical functions of the Labor Department, such as protecting […]

Posted in Human Rights, uncategorized ; Tagged: civil education, Department of Education, Department of Labor, education, human rights, schools.

06.18.18

What happens today matters: a last chance to save the Political Declaration of the United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

Today, the United Nations General Assembly will, for better or worse, shape the next decade of the global response to the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Millions of people will feel the decisions made today. Millions of lives will be won or lost as member states barter and jockey over the content of the Political Declaration […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, TB, uncategorized, WHO ; Tagged: high level meeting, human rights, political declaration on tuberculosis, tuberculosis, United Nations.

04.30.18

Who will lead the TB response?

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

“We will have to put poor people from affected communities at the centre of our response. We will have to organise and mobilise. And then be willing to hold our governments to account.” ~ Anele Yawa, General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign A turning point for tuberculosis? This could be a big year […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, TB, WHO ; Tagged: access to health care, global health, health and human rights, human rights, TB, tuberculosis, UN, WHO, World Health Organization.

04.11.18

Rethinking Obstetric Violence: Is Criminalization Really the Only Way Forward?

By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment

This post was written by Isabel Barbosa and Rebecca Reingold in honor of the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. Obstetric violence is disrespectful, abusive, and neglectful treatment by health providers during the provision of health care related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the post-partum period in both public and private settings. Experiences of obstetric violence include: physical abuse; humiliation […]

Posted in Human Rights ; Tagged: human rights, latin america, mater, pregnancy, violence, women's health, Women's rights.

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